Smyrna times., 1887-02-16
Smyrna and Vicinity.

The silver wedding anniversary of
MIR. and Mrs. A. l.. Hudson, on Friday
night, promises to be largely attended.
JOHN E. PHILLIPS received this
morning the first invoice of new goods
to refurnish his store, burnt out seven
weeks ago.
j. H. CATHCART, news dealer, will be
back in his old stand in day or two,
with place of business rendered better
in every way by the fire.
JACOB LEINBERGER and son William,
of Clayton, have bought two beeves of
James BrocksOn said to weigh 5000 lbs.
They will be on the market Saturday.
CARDS are out announcing the mar
riage of j. Gardner Mariner, formerly
of this town, now of Philadelphia, and
Miss Mamie Wellbank also of Phila-
delphia, on the 23rd, inst.
ST. VALENTINE must be in the
dumps; his budget of love missives was
not so vOlumniOus this year as usual.
But, perhaps, this can be accounted for
because of the numerous marriages of
the past months.
THE Peninsular Bone and Fertilizer
Company are receiving orders thus
early, before the opening of Spring, for
phosphate. The bad condition of the
roads is making it somewhat against
them in the way Of transportation
THE phosphate factory of Lewis &
Price started up last week for an active
Spring campaign. Edward Harrison,
travelling sales agent, is now on a trip
to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and
Mr.. Lewis working up the lower part
of the Peninsula.
AT the last annual meeting of the
Benevolent Society the following off,
GERS were elected President, Miss
Sarah Cummins; Vice e-President, Mrs.
John B. Cooper; Secretary, Mrs. w. w.
Tschudy Treasurer, Mrs. E. j. Colt:
Distributing Agent, Mrs. T. B. Megear.
THE Town Commissioners have a
bill before the Legislature which has
already passed the Senate, giving them
the authority to issue additional bonds
not exceeding $4,000 for the purpose of
extending the water mains or giving
additional facilities to the water works.
READ what VIM. H. Moore & Co. of
MiddletOwn have to say in two col
umn advertisement before the Spring
opens. The prices for these books.
many of them from our standard
authors are astOnishingly low. 1t will
be seen that they have special offers to
make to customers whose purchases
amount to certain sum.
WILMER B. SMITH, in pursuance of a
purpose formed some time ago, left last
week for Bridgeton, N. j., where he
had secured place to open d iewelry
/ store. Mr.. Smith is recognized as a
good mechanic, who understands the
manipulation Oftime pieces thoroughly.
and has the best wishes of his friends
for his success in his new field.
The counters for the new store of
Beck & DeFOrd, now in course of pre-
paratiOn, are of native wood in solid
pieces, one 81 and the other Is feet
long, both % inches wide. The tree
from which they were sawed grew on
Mr.. Beck's farm, in Blackbird hundred.
a yellow poplar. 1t is nicely polished
and in every way far superior to the
pine counters.
REV. J. ID. RIGG, of OfSudlersville, Md.
who had just recovered from a serious
spell of sickness, fell from the loft of
his stable on Thursday last breaking
a rib and dislOcating his shoulder
When found be was lying at the heels
OF MS morse III an unconscious state,
and did not recover consciousness for
several hours. Such was the news re-
ceived by his friends here.
HENRY c. MURPHEY, having rented
the Alley Mills and farm, will make a
public sale Of stock and farm imple-
ments, on Monday next. He has rent
ed tie property to Nathan Moore who
mas sub let the grist mill to John Ken
nedy, formerly of this section, but for
the past several years residing in New
Jersey. Mr.. Murphy will probably re-
move to Newark.
TWENTY--ONE probationers united
with the M. L. Church on Sunday max
ing 70 who have given their name to
the church. There is no abatement in
the interest, the meeting last night
seemingly, taking a fresh start. with
SIX or eight converts. The pastor and
members are working with zeal and
earnestness for the conversion of those
who will come within the range of the
revival influence.
IF the labor strikes do not intervene
u now looks as if the ensuing year will
DC most prosperous season. The out
look IS exceedingly good, but unsettled
labor may put stop to improvements.
and make the year no better. in n busi.
ness point of view, than its predeces.
sors. Somebody has said that there ia
hOLhlng SO tlmid as "A million dollars,
ana there Is much to reflect about in
TINS trlte saying, for no one will en-
park his capital in sea of uncertainty.
when the risk of losing is greater than
that of gaining.
The sale Of Titus l. Hobbs. down the
Neck" ," yesterday was highly sa,isfac.
tory 10 both Mr.. Hobbs and the auc-
tiOneer, Mr.. Weldon. Mules sold AT
$500, for one pair and S4OO for another
horses, from S75, to Sl97l cows. from
S25 to $45. The sale will be continued
To-day, and will foot up it is supposed
Se"S~h POoOO anu tOUDU. lnere were
four sales yesterday in different direc-
tlons from the town, the one near
Blackbird auctiOneered by John M.
BOYD also reported well up in prices.
The residents of school district No
%, embracing MOOrtOn, are i'm a per-
terbed state about their school house.
The people of Moorton and vicinity
nave a bill prepared and petition
praying the Legislature to empower
the Commissioners to dispose of the
present school house at Hams branch
and build one in that village. The
rural portion Of the district, embracing.
we are told, majority Of the taxable
property, oppose this movement as
unnecessary, which would result in
great disadvantage 10 the children in
the remote parts of the district. The
party desiring the change propose
having school house costing about
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